Boston aquarium, colleges close after explosions

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Bystanders pause at a makeshift memorial on the corner of Berkley and Boylston, a couple of blocks from the bombing site.

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Boston Herald cover April 16, 2013

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Investigators in haz-mat suits examine the scene of the second bombing on Boylston Street in Boston Tuesday, April 16, 2013 near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, a day after two blasts killed three and injured over 170 people.

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Martin Richard

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Officials with heavy weapons patrol outside of the Taj Hotel on Arlington St. this morning April 16, 2013, the morning after yesterday's bombings.

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Krystle Campbell

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The Dorchester home of a victim of yesterday's Marathon bombings.

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Children bring flowers Tuesday to the Dorchester home of Martin Richard, the young bombing victim who died during the act of terror at the Boston Marathon.

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Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis speaking to the press last spring as U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and other officials listen during a press conference on the Marathon bombing at the Westin Copley Hotel

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Officials check the ID of a woman asking to get into the Taj Hotel on Arlington St. this morning April 16, 2013, the morning after yesterday's bombings.

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Boston police and National Guard block the intersection of Massachusetts Ave. and Boylston St. this morning, April 16, 2013, after yesterday's bombings at the marathon.

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Boston police officers guard the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Boylston St. this morning, April 16, 2013, after yesterday's bombings at the marathon.

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Officials with heavy weapons patrol outside of the Taj Hotel on Arlington St. this morning April 16, 2013, the morning after yesterday's bombings.

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Wellesley patrolman Chris Cunningham patrols outside of the Taj Hotel on Arlington St. this morning April 16, 2013, the morning after yesterday's bombings.

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Officials with heavy weapons patrol outside of the Taj Hotel on Arlington St. this morning April 16, 2013, the morning after yesterday's bombings.

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Half-eaten meals still sit at tables at Stephanie's On Newbury restaurant. Tuesday morning, the morning after yesterday's bombings.

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Investigators are seen leaving 364 Ocean Ave in Revere early this morning, April 16, 2013, after investigating at this address hours after two devices exploded at the Boston Marathon finish line.

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Boston police officers guard the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Boylston St. this morning, April 16, 2013, after yesterday's bombings at the marathon.

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Boston Mayor Thomas Menino looks visibly upset as U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks to the press today as Governor Deval Patrick looks during a press conference on the Marathon bombing at the Westin Copley Hotel.

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Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick speaks to the press today at the Westin Hotel as U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Special Agent-in-Charge of the FBI's Boston Field Office Richard DesLauriers and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino listen on.

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MEDIA BRIEFING: Mayor Thomas M. Menino takes part in a press conference yesterday on the Boston Marathon bombings that was attended by a large media contingent.

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Hundreds of media from all over take part in the press conference talk about the Marathon Bombing at a press conference at the Westin Copley Hotel on Tuesday, April 16, 2013.

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Doctor Andrew Ulrich, Executive Vice Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine gave a press conference on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 on the condition of critically injured patients that were admitted yesterday to the hospital with immediate life-threatening injuries following an explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

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Tufts Medical Center patient Nicholas Yanni of Boston talks today at a press conference at Tufts Medical Center about how he and his wife were within ten feet of the blast yesterday.

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Patty Campbell and her son Billy, mother and brother of Krystle Campbell, 29, who was killed in the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, speak at the family home in Medford today.

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BOSTON — One of Boston's most popular attractions and at least two colleges in the city are closed for the day in response to the explosions at the Boston Marathon.

The New England Aquarium closed Tuesday out of respect for the victims of the explosions Monday that killed three and injured more than 140. Vice President Jan Wolfson says management decided closing for the day was "the appropriate thing to do" in light of the tragedy.

The aquarium is expected to open as normal Wednesday.

With public school children on vacation, this is one of the aquarium's busiest weeks of the year.

Emerson College and the Berklee School of Music are also closed.

Berklee President Roger Brown said the school was closing to "help law enforcement professionals to do their jobs."